Amazon Wednesday announced a licensing deal with MGM studios to bulk up its Amazon Prime Instant Video. full story ![]()

Amazon just announced that it is adding its X-Ray feature to TV shows. The feature already worked with movies thanks to data from IMDb, but the company will now use this very same data for other video content. All the Kindle Fire family will receive the feature. The Amazon Instant Video app on Wii U will get is as well. As a reminder, X-Ray allows you to discover more about...
techcrunch.com (1 month and 22 days ago)
Users of Amazon Prime Instant Video will be able to stream more shows from CBS and Showtime, including past seasons of America's Next Top Model, Everybody Loves Raymond and The L Word.
gigaom.com (3 months and 5 days ago)

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's experiment with original video production took a big step forward on Friday as the company posted 14 pilot TV shows on the Internet for free viewing. Amazon, the world's largest Internet retailer, has been filming pilots in recent months for comedy and kids TV shows such as Alpha House, Betas and Teeny Tiny Dogs....
huffingtonpost.com (30 days ago)
Filed under: Investing Fans of the Food Network, Cooking Channel, and Travel Channel can now stream their favorite TV shows on Amazon's Prime Instant Video. The e-commerce giant has struck a deal with Scripps Networks Interactive to make Prime Instant Video the exclusive, online, subscription home for the past seasons of hit TV shows from Scripps' family of TV channels. This...
dailyfinance.com (2 months and 21 days ago)
Barnes & Noble is bringing new movies and TV shows to Nook Video. It's a good step toward creating a media ecosystem for Nook, but the company is not close to becoming a Netflix, Amazon or iTunes competitor.
gigaom.com (2 months and 14 days ago)
Amazon is adding more exclusive content to its Prime Instant Video lineup, this time from NBCUniversal.
pcmag.com (3 days ago)
Older films from Warner Bros., MGM, and Universal are set to become the exclusive property of the new classic film repository Warner Archive Instant on May 1.
pcmag.com (19 days ago)
Filed under: Investing Redbox Instant hasn't exactly lived up to its name so far. The combination DVD and streaming video service, jointly run by Coinstar and Verizon , took forever to get into customers' hands. But after months of limited beta testing and a couple of launch delays, the wait for Instant is finally over. And now that it's taking on paying subscribers, the 30...
dailyfinance.com (2 months and 5 days ago)

Two new video streaming services were added to the Xbox 360 on Tuesday. Redbox Instant arrives as a direct competitor to Netflix and Amazon Instant Video while the GameTrailers app offers video reviews, previews and more for the game industry...
examiner.com (2 months and 2 days ago)

NEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc. is continuing its push into producing original children's series, ordering its sixth pilot of shows aimed at kids. The online retailer announced Wednesday that it will make a test pilot for "Sara Solves It," an animated math-focused mystery developed by WGBH and Out of the Blue Enterprises. The show is the sixth pilot geared for kids by Amazon...
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 15 days ago)
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